ad-hominem

The SwiftBoat libel Kerry failed to quash
was never prosecuted as a crime.
This cycle, all eyes focus on Amash;
Perchance the better man could win this time?
John Yoo inpugns a hero's loyalty
as if he didn't hold those values dear
that should define this "Land of Liberty".
And Vindman's suspect 'cause he's not born here.
Impeachment turns on votes, as much as laws,
as Publius warned in our nation's youth
Trump's violation's blatant, clause by clause...
but Hannity's contemptuous of Truth.
Ad-hominem attacks hold center stage
while half our voters sneer and disengage.

opportunity lost

the Dean campaign inspired the Left to dream
that no one need be shut out from HealthCare
but Talking Heads DQ'ed him for the scream
anointing someone tall with well-coiffed hair
John Kerry might have been the president
if he'd seen fit to go out and campaign
but he would never let his passions vent
and viewed potential voters with disdain
the hero who'd protested Vietnam'
seemed too aloof to put up the good fight
as if he really didn't give a damn
that all the cov'rage listed to the Right
the second Cheney term gave him more room
to push our planet closer to its doom